One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
The greater the difference, the sooner and more thoroughly the new technology replaces the old
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
英语六级真题
I'm not someone who's anti-technology, but I'm always worried that technology becomes an end in and of itself, and it replaces teaching or it replaces analysis.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.
2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
替换;取代;代替
If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second.